1. I'm still a grammar snob-- even if my own grammar has gotten worse. (Shut up. Don't judge me.) I've befriended a lot of younger people lately and I'm ready to de-friend them because I can't take the fucking HORRIBLE writing anymore. Since when is a period optional????????
2. I have resolved myself to the fact that my husband and I will never one of those sickeningly cute or romantic couples. He never has any gushingly romantic announcements about me and our incredible, enviable, undying love in his statuses. He calls me "The Wife" (Yeah, try not to gag on the overwhelming sentimentality of it all). He never puts me in any of his profile pictures. I hate him.
3. I like using three names (first, maiden and married). It's classy and it makes me feel OFFICIAL.
4. I do alright with what I have, but I'll never be the popular girl with a zillion friends-- some thing never change, I suppose. I feel a little sad about that. I think I might reinvent myself. Nah, I'm good. Relationships take energy...
I am all of those things. I do gag whenever I see "romantic" status updates. I don't know why but they bug me. But then I get said when my anniversary passes and my husband says nothing. A little bit of love is ok!!!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever seen STFUmarrieds? It's hilarious.
My husband and I are not one of those gushy couples either, so don't feel bad. I have, after seeing so many gushy couples on Facebook divorce the next year, realized that it is not all real and some people, I think, need to create public attention around a false perception of their relationship to feel good about the unflattering self-perceptions that they have. Maybe I'm reading into too much?
ReplyDelete-Jessica a.k.a Nya's mom
I hate people who can't type and it's not just the young ones. My older relatives say things like "I here you!" and "Wear are you going?"
ReplyDeleteI actually dropped my maiden name but I respect those who post it for a good reason other than people from elementary school locating you on FB.
We aren't a gushy couple but I make it known that we are doing okay since our family doesn't live near us.
I make sure I personally know all of my "friends" from somewhere and I make it known that in "the real world" I only have a handful of friends.
I get upset when I write a comment, publish it and then notce I spelled something wrong! Ugh! Edit! So I always write another one correcting it! Sounds silly, but makes me feel better! Thank you for your comment today! Have a great day!
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I can't stand the grammar stuff, either! The "text-type" has made me hide a few people's comments!
ReplyDelete@therapyfree: I just found the site. I'm gonna check it out! Thanks!
ReplyDelete@Nya's Mom: I think your analysis is right on target (for many of them!) I try to console myself saying, "OK, so my husband lacks flashiness and all the frou frou lovey dovey stuff, but he's got a good heart and is as honest and dependable as they come,"
In the end, that's better than a guy who is flashy, says all the right things to you-- as well as to other women! Of course, a little public gushiness sounds nice. Sigh. We women (okay, me) are never satisfied, methinks! lol.
@M.Z.: My married name is my official last name. I don't hyphenate. I actually changed my maiden name to my middle name officially. However, I STILL sign my initials with my MAIDEN name-- it's illegible so it's not like anybody can tell. But I don't know, it just feels right. Crazy! lol.
@Mama Hen: I do the same thing!
@Brandi: Yeah, the text-type is going to be the death of English as we know it!!!
I don't get the couples who have joint facebook pages, are they that untrusting...or codependent?
ReplyDeleteI can't stand the people that post like this:
SQUUUUUEEEEE!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!! I!! AM!!! AWESOME!!! YOUR NOT!!!
I think they're idiots.
@ Amyblam:
ReplyDeleteOMG! A friend of one of my friends (who comments frequently on their pics) is a married couple w/ joint page. WTF is up with that???? It drives me insane.
Okay, I GET IT. You're married. Your souls are bonded.
Seriously?
Asshats.
O man - i don't even have a husband but when I did I don't think he even had a facebook account! He was that close to an animal. Now I have a boyfriend but we're too scared to be facebook friends incase his soon to be ex-wife gets mad that he has a girlfriend and decides to sue for a ton of alimony... Ah... Facebook. I know a true and tragic story about a lady who accidentaly posted an image of her own private parts on her profile when she was trying to email them to her boyfriend (allegedly)... Facebook can get you in trouble people. Take care now!
ReplyDeleteI hate it when people use a lot of text speak on statuses and comments, it's fine in a text but you've got the room on FB to write proper sentences!
ReplyDelete@Single Mommy Makin' It:
ReplyDeleteHahahaha!
Um, I probably shouldn't ask but why would anybody mail a pic of their, ahem, 'stuff' to their boyfriend? Shouldn't he know what it looks like by now? *shrug*
@Pumpkin and Piglet:
SOOOOO agree.
Hey, don't worry about your hubby not being the "romantic" type on Facebook. My hubby WAS the "romantic" one, writing about what a great wife I was, etc. Boy was I fooled, because *meanwhile* he had started two affairs with "Facebook friends" and ditched his kids and I to run off to another state to live with one of them.
ReplyDeleteSometimes all that "romance" is a cover - so be glad your man isn't being TOO sweet. ;)
@ Kelly: You are right on that one! Blessings!
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